accost

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This, from a simple courtier, Is all the Laws require: “But, should you wish to do the thing With out-and-out politeness, Accost him as ‘My Goblin King!’

From Rhyme? And Reason? by Carroll, Lewis

All I meet Accost me thus—"Dear friend, you're so Close to the gods, that you must know; About the Dacians have you heard Any fresh tidings?"

From Studies in the Poetry of Italy, I. Roman by Miller, Frank Justus

Accost this one, and ask him if he often suffers from the exposure which he is obliged to undergo.”

From Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India by Frere, M.

He gazed her over, from her eyebrows down Even to her feet: he gazed so with the good Undoubting faith of fools, much as who should Accost God for a comrade.

From The Germ Thoughts towards Nature in Poetry, Literature and Art by Rossetti, Dante Gabriel

Charles Lothian bowed, and Linda, blushing, said, "Against my orders did this little lady Accost you, sir, but I will not affect Regret at her success, if you're content."

From The Woman Who Dared by Sargent, Epes